Vice-President of the European Commission Neelie Kroes has sympathy for those facing upheaval with digital innovations, but says that taxi apps are here to stay and we need to work with them not against them.
Today the European Parliament voted to end roaming charges by Christmas 2015, as part of a wider vote in support to the Commission’s proposed regulation for a “Connected Continent”
The European App Economy Report shows a European app economy worth hundreds of thousands of jobs, and generating billions of euros a year. That’s not bad for an economy that, 5 years ago, didn’t even exist.
The signals are very worrying. Already there were troubling trends in this country: website blocking used frequently and abusively; excessive fines on media outlets; journalists imprisoned.
Openness and liberty are values I am determined to defend everywhere. I’m just back from a trip to Egypt. The Arab Spring showed us the power of the internet. So I am determined to support and champion that network. A network that is open and unified, and delivering democratic values. Across the world, and here in Europe.